Disintegrating corn-husks



WILLIAM A. \VRIGHT, OF OENTRETON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOJOSEPH B. DE YOUNG AND CHARLES Z. DE YOUNG, 0F

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISINTEGRATING CORN-HUSKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,641, dated November16, 1880 Application filed August 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I'VILLIAM-A. \VRIGH'I, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oeutreton, in the county ofBurlington, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Disintegrating Corn-Husks, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification.

My invention consists of a method of disintegrating corn-husks whereby Iproduce a long, uniform, and valuable staple of the natural state of thehusks.

In carrying out my invention I proceed as follows: After the corn isshocked the husks, with end stub attached, are dampened by beingimmersed in or sprinkled with water or steam, so as to be softened andmade pliable forsubsequent manipulations. The husks as thus treated arethen placedon a suitable bed or table and subjected to the action of arotary or sliding comb, the effect whereof is to slice the llllSkS andproduce long and uniform shreds. The stub is then severed, thusseparating the several shred-leaves of the husks.

It is not essential to use husks connected by their stubs; but such aredesirable, as they are more readily handled and manipulated.

It will be seelnthat by this method of (l sintegrating corn-husks Iutilize the entire body of each leaf, fiber, and integument, thelosslittle pieces in the form of chips-being slight, the shreds beingboth fiber and integument, and so obtain a staple which is long, fine,soft, uniform, and solid. and serviceable for many purposes.

Suitable machinery for carrying out with ease and rapidity thisinvention forms the sub jeot-matter of other applications for LettersPatent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The method of disintegratingcorn-husks, consisting in dampening the husks in their natural state andthen combing them in such state, thus producing a staple with both fiberand integument preserved, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. Stapleformed ofdisintegratedcorn-husks in their natural state, havingthe fiberandintegument preserved, substantially as and for thepurpose'set forth.

WM. A. \VRIGHT. Witnesses JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, v ,4

FRANK COOPER.

